Shirt and trouser connecting device



Sept. 10, 1935.

A. H. OBERMEYER 2,014,052

SHIRT AND TROUSER CONNECTING DEVICE Filed July 28, 1954 I nventor Attomey Patented Sept. 10, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Andrew H. Obermeyer, St. Louis, Mo. Application July 28, 1934, Serial No. 737,435

3 Claims.

This invention relates tothe broad class of apparel accessories and fastening devices and has more particular reference to a simple and economical connecting device for satisfactorily unit- 5 ing or attaching a mans dress shirt to the waistband of his trousers in a manner to hold the shirt down and to prevent it from blousing in an unkempt manner.

Admittedly, shirt retaining devices and clasps 10 of this variety are not broadly new in the art. In fact the adoption and use of such accessories has been endorsed with a view toward promoting neatness of dress and to provide a trim association of the shirt with the waistband portion of 15 the trousers. What I have accomplished is, however, the provision of a distinct and characteristically different type of shirt holder or fastener which is convenient and easy to apply to the shirt and thereafter equally advantageous in adapting 20 itself for connection to existing buttons on the inside of the waistband of the trousers.

Briefly I have accomplished what I desire through the adoption and use of a simple and economical light weight plate of metal or equiv- 25 alent material which has one end portion constructed for detachable connection of the tail portion of the shirt and the other end portion fashioned to provide holes for quick detachable connection with buttons sewed or otherwise fas- 30 tened to the interior of the waistband of the trousers.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is a view in elevation showing a fragmentary portion of the shirt and the overlying 35 waistband portion of the trousers and indicating, in dotted lines, the operative position of the shirt connecting and holding device as constructed in accordance with the principles of the present invention.

40 Figure 2 is a view of the device showing precisely the manner in which the shirt is attached to it and illustrating its position prior to the time when it is turned upwardly through an approximate half circle to facilitate buttoning on the 45 waist band of the trousers.

Figure 3 is an edge view of Figure 2 observing it in a direction from right to left.

In the drawing in Figure 1 the shirt is distinguished by the letter A and the trousers by 50 the letter B, the waistband portion C of the trousers having buttons D stitched or otherwise secured to the interior, or inner face thereof as indicated in dotted lines. It is the purpose of the device A to permit the tail portion of the 55 shirt to be effectively attached to the waistband portion of the trousers so that the waistband and shirt are substantially flush in a-taut nonblousing manner.

The device 4 is here shown as of light weight material and may be celluloid or equivalent 5 stock, the same being of appropriate proportion with its central portion 5 substantially rectangular, with one end portion 6 of dove-tail formation the opposite end portion '5 fashioned to provide a somewhat triangular head. The head I is 10 formed with a pair of duplicate apertures which operate as buttonholes and which are releasably engageable with the buttons D on the inside of the waistband of the trousers as indicated in dotted lines in Figure 1. Each aperture comprises an intake or entrance portion 8 to facilitate fitting over the button then includes a restricted portion 9 into which the attaching threads (not shown) of the button are trapped to hold the device or plate in place. That is to say this is the means for detachably connecting the head portion of the plate with the buttons on the waistband of the trousers. The plate is also fashioned to permit the tail portion of the shirt to be detachably associated therewith. This is accomplished by forming a circular hole iii in the plate adjacent the dove-tail end portion thereof and by providing a keyhole or tapered slot II for cooperation with the circular hole. This double arrangement of apertures Ill and II permits a portion I2 of the shirt to be drawn through the hole It! and the terminal l3 to be drawn in through the enlarged end portion of the keyhole slot and then pulled up into the restricted end of the slot to hold it securely anchored.

In accordance with the idea of the invention the device 4 is placed head down, that is as shown in Figure 2 and a portion of the shirt in approximate alinement with the side seam (not shown) is pinched between the fingers and rolled slightly .and then fed outwardly through the hole I0. Enough of the material is forced through the hole so as to allow the end portion l 3 to be drawn back through the keyhole slot and then wedged into the restricted portion of the keyhole slot. This is shown clearly in Figures 2 and 3 of the drawing. Then with the plate thus hanging it is grasped and turned through an approximate half circle in the direction of the arrow in Figure 2 so that the head i is disposed upwardly. This brings the head into a position to allow it to be conveniently engaged with the buttons on the inner surface of the waistband of the trousers.

The gist of the invention is in the provision of a light weight, simple and economical plate of appropriate configuration and proportions having conveniently shaped buttonholes in one end for detachable connectionwith the existing sewed or stitched buttons on the waistband of the trousers and having its intermediate or opposite end portion formed with the apertures l0 and I2 properly fashioned and related to permit the shirt to be attached to so as to allow the shirt to be buttoned, so to speak, to the waistband of the trousers and to keep the two articles in a trim neat relationship.

It is thought that persons skilled in the art to which the invention relates will be able to obtain a clear understanding of the invention after considering the description in connection with the drawing. Therefore, a more lengthy description is regarded as unnecessary.

Minor changes in shape, size, and rearrangement of details coming within the field of invention claimed may be resorted to in actual practice, if desired.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is:

1. As a new article of manufacture, a substantially fiat plate provided at one end with a pair of buttonholes, provided at the opposite end with an aperture permitting a portion of the shirt to be pulled therethrough, and further provided adjacent said aperture with a keyhole slot into which the contracted portion of the shirt may be detachably wedged and anchored.

2. As .a new article of manufacture, a substantially flat plate provided at one end with a pair of buttonholes, provided at the opposite end with a circular hole and adjacent said circular hole with a keyhole slot.

3. As a new article of manufacture, a plate provided with a buttonhole and also provided in spaced relation to the buttonhole with a circular hole and an adjacent keyhole slot.

ANDREW H. OBERMEYER. 

